Furnace burning fuel in suspension



Aug- 5, 19.29- J. E. BELL ET AL FURNACE BURNING FUEL 1N SUSPENSION 4 Sheets-Sheet Filed DGO. 7, 1925 Y l B ATTORNEYS' Aug- 6, 1929. J. BELL ET AL i FURNACE BURNING FUEL lwsusPENsIvoN Filed Dec. Y] 1923 INVEN'TORS Y By ' ATTORNEY MTA/fas' Aug- 5, 1929- J. E. BELL. ET AL 1,723,675

FURNC BURNING FUEL IN SUSPENSON Filed Dc. 7, 192s 4 sheets-sheet -5 Aug. 6,' 1929 v`1. E. BELL ET AL v 1,723,675

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`Partof the air required for combustion may also bel introduced through th'e openings 14, which also afford access to the lower regions of the combustion chamber.

The "central portion' 15 of the floor or bottom -of the combustion chamber rises above the general plane of the floor, making the bottom portions of the combustion space somewhat in the shape of hoppers through which the deposited refuse matter may be discharged through the outlets 16, which are preferably gate controlled sethat air is admitted only when discharging the refuse.

The -lower regions of the combustion chamber are cooled by means of the water screen, indicated as a whole-by the refer` ence letter B. Such water' screen is -composed of two sets-of oppositely inclined pipes 17 and 18. These pipes are generally horizontally disposed with an inclination such that circulation may take place therethrough, as-will hereinafter be more fully pointed out, and they are spaced apart later'ally a distance such that the refuse particles will freely gravitate therethrough to the bottom of the combustion chamber. The inner ends of the pipes 17 are bent downwardly and pass out through the raised portion 15, while the outer ends thereof extend through the wall 12, and the tubes 18 are similarly disposed with respect to the wall 13. The inner ends of the two sets of tubes connect respectively with the header 19 and the header 20, and the outer ends with the headers 21 and 22 respectively. Two or more downcomer pipes 23 of larger diameter than that ofthe tubes 17 and 18 connect the headers 19 and 2O with the drums 7; and two or more upcomer pipes 24 connect the headers 21 and 22 to their respective drums 7. The circulation is in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1. The tubes 23 are of sufficiently large size to adequately Supply the respective sets of water screen tubes with suflicient Water, while the pipes 24 are of sufficient sizeto readily carry off the steam which is generated in the Water screen, in which connection the water screen constitutes a ver)7 effective portion of the evaporating surface of the boiler. The steam discharging 'from the tubes M is prevented, by the baflling 25 in the drums 7, from producing siphoning. l

It will be noted that thc headers 19 and 20 are anchored and that the tubes 17, 23 and 24 have bends, so that expansion and contraction are provided for. Blow-off cocks V2G are provided for the headers 19 and 2 for clean-out purposes.

It will be noted that the inner-end portions of the sets of tubes 17 and 18 extend past one another so that the cooling cflect at the central portion of the lower part of portion 15, access may be had thereto either through the openings 14 or through thel openings27. These latter are preferably closed by doors which may be opened to admit additional air for combustion should the particular operating conditions so demand.

By employing two sets of oppositely inclined water screen tubes the vertical distance between the lower end of thc tubes and the higher end of the tubes in the combustion space' is just half what it would be were a single length of the tube employed to span the combustion space. Thus the increase in furnace volume which would be otherwise required is avoided and the dead space reduced to a minimum which obviously involves a. reduction in size of the furnace structure, considered as a whole, with the avoidance of excessive losses by radiation which would be incident lo a larger furnace structure. At the same time, the sagging incident to the use of long tubes is avoided and tubes of commercial lengths may be employed. s

In the construction of Fig. 3, the inner ends of the tubes 17 and 18a rise somewhat `above the raised portion 15 before they'begin their substantially horizontal flight which. has the effect of increasing the cooling action in the central portion of the combustion chamber over that shown in Fig. 1. Also the pipes 24 are connected to tubes of the boiler instead of discharging into the drums 7.

In the arrangement of Fig. 4 the direction 'the combustion chamber is materially in creased thereby provldmg, among other llt otcireulation is reversed, and the upcomer pipes 23, instead of being located exterior of the furnace pass upwardly through the combustion space, for-which purpose they are spaced at wide intervals, say, for ein ample, on three and one half inches centres as compared with the fourteen inches centres of the tubes 171 and 18". Theheadcrs 19fl and 20a, as before, are anchored but it is unnecessary to provide any bends in the tubes l'iand 18h, expansion and contraction being taken care of without the necessity thereof.

In vthe construction of Figs. 5 and G a single central header, 30 is provided for the 'tubes lc and 18C and the tubes 23". The tubes 2d" d'ilier in that they discharge into small headers 3l located within the drums 'i' from which headers the steam flows out through the extended boiler tubes 82 which connect with such headers as indicated in such figures. y

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We claim:

l. ln combination a combustion chamber inr burning fuel in suspension, means for introducing 'the fuel thereoit, and a `water screen in the lower part 4oit the combustion chamber for creatiup,r a relatively cool none therein comprisingr two sets oi' tubes of less length than the horizontal length of the chamber and having their inner end portions extending past each other.

2. ln combination a combustion chamber lier burning;` fuel in suspension and having the central portion of its floor raised above the general plane of the floor to provide a double hopper-like bottom, means for introducing the iuel, and a water screen `comprising two sete of tubes spaced above the floor and eachl extending part way across the chamber from opposite sides thereof, the tubes of each set having their outer ends extending through an upright wall of the chamber and their inner ends through said central raised portion of the Hoor.

in opposite ends 3.111 combination, a combustion chamber' having an outlet in an upper part, means for introducingv i'uel to be burned in space in such chamber, and two rows of relatively closely spaced evaporating tubes` in the lower part of the chamber beneath the Zone of combustirm and extending from opposite sides, the tubes ot one row being staggered with respect to the tubes of the other row, and the two rows extending transversely of the chamber with the inner end portions of the rows in close proximity to-one another.

1. In combination, a combustion'chamber for burningr fuel in space, means for introducing the fuel, a boiler, two rows of tubes at the bottom of the chamber extendingr inwardly and downwardly to about the middle portion of the chamber, one row extending inwardly from one side of the chamber and the other rowextendingr inwardly from the opposite side. of the chamber, and the inner ends of the tubes passing to the exterior, downcomer means connecting,n said end of the tubes in the circulation of the boiler and upeomer means connecting the other end of the tubes in thecirculation ot the boiler.

5. In combination, a combustion chamber for burning fuel in space, means for intro-- ducing' the iuel, two rows of tubes at the bottom oi the chamber extending inwardly and downwardly to about the middle portion of the chamber, one row extending,r inwardly from one side of the chamber and the other row extendingl inwardly Jfrom the opposite side of the chamber, and the inner 4ends ot' the tubes passing vto the exterior,

and boilerparts with which the tubes are connected at their ends so a circulation. takes place therethrough. l

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names.

.JoHN n. BELL. GEORGE P. JACKSON. 

